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Peter Gwinn

1990s-present · Chicago, IL / New York, NY

Second City Touring Company / Baby Wants Candy founder / Colbert Report head writer (2 Emmys, 2 Peabodys, 3 WGAs).

Known for

Second City Touring Company 1997-2000.
Founded musical improv group Baby Wants Candy.
Original writing staff of The Colbert Report (2 Emmys, 2 Peabodys, 3 Writers Guild Awards).
Currently writes for NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Author of Group Improvisation: The Manual of Ensemble Improv Games (2003).

Connected to

People

Stephen Colbert

Schools & Theaters

The Second City (Chicago)iO Theater (ImprovOlympic)Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

Troupes

Baby Wants Candy

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gwinn
https://www.petergwinn.com/

Referenced by

Troupes

Baby Wants Candy

Forms

Shamilton!

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